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Caol Ila 1978 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature

Lot: 224120

Caol Ila 1978 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature

Winning Bid: £35

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1978
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Gordon & MacPhail
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
63.7%
Bottle Size: 
5cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1978 Gordon and MacPhail Cask Strength Miniature 

Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 year later by Bulloch Lade. The blending firm merged with DCL (now Diageo) in 1927, who still run the distillery today. In 1972 the original site was demolished and replaced by a new one. When distilling resumed in 1974, Caol Ila was the largest producer of single malt on the Isle of Islay. Despite this, due to its importance in popular blends such as Johnnie Walker, its single malt brand disappeared under United Distillers, and it was not until 2002 that it would return, when the 12 year old was revived by Diageo. The Flora & Fauna release was well- regarded in the meantime, but it was independent releases like this that gave the best opportunity to sample this much-loved single malt.

This is part of the Cask Strength range, a more recent version of the Original 'Cask' series, which represented Gordon & MacPhail’s first foray into natural strength bottlings in order to keep up with the market trend in preference for these in the late 1980s.

This was distilled in 1978 and bottled in February 1992 from a vatting of four casks.

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